For sale is this Georgian stipple engraving of Cupid and the Three Muses taking his arrows. This dates from circa 1770's (give or take 10 years). The artist is Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). Kauffman was born in Switzerland, where her father was working for the local bishop but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria where her family came from. Her best friend was Sir Joshua Reynolds the famous artist. In 1766 he painted her, a compliment which she returned by painting a Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To the outside of the frame it is approx 41cm x 42.3cm (16 1/8 inches x 16 5/8 inches) across, the actual engraving is approx 30cm (12 inches) across. There is some creasing with minor tears to the edge and wear to the gilding on the wooden frame. It could do with 2 picture framing eyes for holding the cord, rather than the 2 screws that are there now, I will throw a couple in when I post, please remind me to do so. I gaurantee that this is a genuine antique item that is well over 200 years old. My apologies for the poor images, I struggled to get images without the light reflecting off the glass, so the picture has large whitish colouration which is not there in reality, it is just the sunlight